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Memorbuch
A Memorbuch or memor-book (, ) is a book listing localities or countries in which Jews have been persecuted, together with the names of the martyrs, and necrologies. Name The memor-book was originally called either ''sefer zikkaron'' ('Book of Remembrance') or ''sefer ha-zikhronot'' ('Book of Commemorations'). The later title, ''sefer hazkarat neshamot'' ('Memorial Book of Souls'), was soon superseded by the general name ''Memorbuch'', derived from the Latin "memoria". The names '' pinḳes'' ('book,' from the Greek πίναξ), ''Selbuch,'' and ''Totenbuch'' occur but seldom. The word "memor-book" is derived from the Latin "memoria". Contents After it had become customary to remember scholars, martyrs, benefactors, and others in prayers on the Sabbath and on feast-days, the names of the dead were entered in special books, with the formulas for the ''hazkarah'' or the ''hashkavah'', generally beginning with the words: "Yizkor Elohim nishmat ..." ('May God remember the soul of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorbuch Frankfult Am Main
A Memorbuch or memor-book (, ) is a book listing localities or countries in which Jews have been persecuted, together with the names of the martyrs, and necrologies. Name The memor-book was originally called either ''sefer zikkaron'' ('Book of Remembrance') or ''sefer ha-zikhronot'' ('Book of Commemorations'). The later title, ''sefer hazkarat neshamot'' ('Memorial Book of Souls'), was soon superseded by the general name ''Memorbuch'', derived from the Latin "memoria". The names '' pinḳes'' ('book,' from the Greek πίναξ), ''Selbuch,'' and ''Totenbuch'' occur but seldom. The word "memor-book" is derived from the Latin "memoria". Contents After it had become customary to remember scholars, martyrs, benefactors, and others in prayers on the Sabbath and on feast-days, the names of the dead were entered in special books, with the formulas for the ''hazkarah'' or the ''hashkavah'', generally beginning with the words: "Yizkor Elohim nishmat ..." ('May God remember the soul of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
